or some other asian culture haha. i'm just interested cus i haven't heard of this surname before
2006-10-22 17:40:09 · 8 answers · asked by xshinylishuss 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
wait, so does this mean it's neither canto or mandarin? cus like my last name is zou and in mandarin its zhou and canto it's chow. so i don't know how i got my last name. i think its similar to the chwa situation right? oh and what's hokkian and tae chiu LOL I AM SO CLUELESS :[
2006-10-23 13:20:50 · update #1
my guess....hmmm....cantonese.
2006-10-22 17:41:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is pronounced in a dialect in Hokkian and Tae Chiu. I am not sure about Cantonese. In Mandarin this last name would pronounce like Tsai. I have lots of friends and relative with that last name.
2006-10-23 02:21:40 · answer #2 · answered by Kanda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spelling you give is not a name in Mandarin (a.k.a., Putonghua) that I have ever heard. Pinyin is a spelling system developed to approximate pronunciation in standard Chinese (Mandarin). Tsai is not a Pinyin spelling but Cai is, and that can be pronounced virtually like Tsai. If you had the character to give us, we could easily know the pronunciation in Mandarin and Cantonese.
For example, Jackie Chan is from the Hong Kong area so his family name is pronounced Chan but the exact same written character is pronounced Chen in all other regions of China. But it is not simply "chen" to rhyme with "ten". It is in between "chun" and "chen" with a very soft touch on the "n" rather than a harsh "nuh" at the end.
2006-10-23 06:49:22 · answer #3 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of Course, Cantonese.
2006-10-24 04:12:42 · answer #4 · answered by Bruce L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't recognize that name in Chinese. Cantonese is a dialect of Chinese by the way.
2006-10-23 00:44:27 · answer #5 · answered by Skys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's fukien chinese.. in mandarin chwa is called Tsai, Choi in cantonese
2006-10-23 09:14:01 · answer #6 · answered by symphony of life 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cantonese
2006-10-23 00:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by hopeless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that it's putonghua...mandarin.
2006-10-23 01:05:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋